diff --git a/mobile/android/base/gfx/ViewportMetrics.java b/mobile/android/base/gfx/ViewportMetrics.java
index 5afd9df5e482..eee9ead3df97 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/gfx/ViewportMetrics.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/gfx/ViewportMetrics.java
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ public class ViewportMetrics {
     private RectF mViewportRect;
     private PointF mViewportOffset;
     private float mZoomFactor;
+    private boolean mAllowZoom;
 
     // A scale from -1,-1 to 1,1 that represents what edge of the displayport
     // we want the viewport to be biased towards.
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ public class ViewportMetrics {
         mViewportOffset = new PointF(0, 0);
         mZoomFactor = 1.0f;
         mViewportBias = new PointF(0.0f, 0.0f);
+        mAllowZoom = true;
     }
 
     public ViewportMetrics(ViewportMetrics viewport) {
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ public class ViewportMetrics {
         mViewportOffset = new PointF(offset.x, offset.y);
         mZoomFactor = viewport.getZoomFactor();
         mViewportBias = viewport.mViewportBias;
+        mAllowZoom = viewport.mAllowZoom;
     }
 
     public ViewportMetrics(JSONObject json) throws JSONException {
@@ -101,6 +104,8 @@ public class ViewportMetrics {
         float offsetY = (float)json.getDouble("offsetY");
         float zoom = (float)json.getDouble("zoom");
 
+        mAllowZoom = json.getBoolean("allowZoom");
+
         mPageSize = new FloatSize(pageWidth, pageHeight);
         mViewportRect = new RectF(x, y, x + width, y + height);
         mViewportOffset = new PointF(offsetX, offsetY);
@@ -186,6 +191,10 @@ public class ViewportMetrics {
         return mZoomFactor;
     }
 
+    public boolean getAllowZoom() {
+        return mAllowZoom;
+    }
+
     public void setPageSize(FloatSize pageSize) {
         mPageSize = pageSize;
     }
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/ui/PanZoomController.java b/mobile/android/base/ui/PanZoomController.java
index 854efca152e5..81ccfdfafdba 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/ui/PanZoomController.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/ui/PanZoomController.java
@@ -773,6 +773,9 @@ public class PanZoomController
         if (GeckoApp.mDOMFullScreen)
             return false;
 
+        if (!mController.getViewportMetrics().getAllowZoom())
+            return false;
+
         if (mState == PanZoomState.ANIMATED_ZOOM)
             return false;
 
diff --git a/mobile/android/chrome/content/browser.js b/mobile/android/chrome/content/browser.js
index ebb715ec682a..3ecee54872b7 100644
--- a/mobile/android/chrome/content/browser.js
+++ b/mobile/android/chrome/content/browser.js
@@ -1746,6 +1746,8 @@ Tab.prototype = {
       pageWidth *= this._viewport.zoom;
       pageHeight *= this._viewport.zoom;
 
+      this._viewport.allowZoom  = this.metadata.allowZoom;
+
       /*
        * Avoid sending page sizes of less than screen size before we hit DOMContentLoaded, because
        * this causes the page size to jump around wildly during page load. After the page is loaded,